Have you read George Tenet's new book, "At The Center Of The Storm" yet? Christopher Hitchens has, and he's already called Tenet a "portentous, self-justifying disgrace."

And now, Bob Woodward has, and it seems that his number one objection is Tenet's failure to enlist Woodward's help in crafting his autobiography.

In Sunday’s Washington Post (May 6), Bob Woodward penned a lengthy appraisal of George Tenet’s book, “At The Center Of The Storm,” about his tenure as George Bush’s CIA director. But it’s not really a review of the Tenet book; it’s more like an explanation of how Tenet could have been a better intelligence chief and written a better memoir if only he had listened to Bob Woodward…

Naturally, that's just the beginning.

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When Christopher Hitchens calls your book a disgrace, it probably means you're onto something.

Either that, or you really, really screwed up.

In the case of former CIA director (and current Georgetown professor/author) George Tenet, it seems to be a case of the latter.

Tenet, though best known for his lengthy tenure as the head of the CIA, will forever be remembered for not preventing September 11th, for personally attesting to the validity of intelligence reports accusing Saddam Hussein of harboring WMD, and for his well-documented** assurances—to President George W. Bush—that the case against Saddam would be a "slam dunk."

And while we don't find ourselves agreeing with Christopher Hitchens very often (mainly due to his propensity for brash, offensive and generally unsubstantiated shitshow rants) today we'd like to applaud his efforts, and praise him for handing Tenet the literary equivalent of an "old school bitch-slapping." And alhough not all of Hitchen's adversaries are deserving of his wrath, Tenet certainly has a lot to answer to in today's Slate manifesto.

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